The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.
Source: Our Blood: The Slavery of Women in Amerika, speech, 23 Aug. 1975, for the National Organization for Women, Washington, D.C. (published in Our Blood, ch. 8, 1976).
-- Andrea Dworkin, (Sep 26 1946-2005), US radical feminist, civil rights activist, writer; She worked to have pornography classified as a form of sex discrimination; wrote Woman Hating, 1974.